Transforming Consumer Value Chains: Navigating the Power Shift to the Shopper
There is a shift coming for retailers and CPG companies as a shift in shopper behavior. The companies that empower supply chains to change with this shift in buyer behavior and how to reach them are more successful. In this podcast Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, is interviewed by Alison Crawford, Director of […]
2016 New Year’s Resolutions with Tony Verbeck of Johnson & Johnson
Lora Cecere interviews Tony Verbeck, Johnson & Johnson. Tony works in the Johnson & Johnson supply chain center of excellence. “The number one driver of change is around the healthcare supply chain and costs. For 2016 we are looking at talent and people for what is needed for the supply chain. We are also looking […]
2016 New Year’s Resolutions with Mady Bricco of Dow
Lora Cecere interview Mady Bricco, Director of Global Logistics, Dow Chemical Mady Bricco discusses their end-to-end strategy by simplifying and optimizing their work. In 2015 logistics they are seeing truck market getting slightly better. They are looking at 3 key pillars in 2016. Technology is changing so quickly so how do we manage without being […]
Tell It Like It Is. What Will Supply Chain 2030 Look Like?
In this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights, Alison Crawford, Director of Marketing talks with Supply Chain Insights founder Lora Cecere about her recent LinkedIn Influencer blog post, Tell It Like It Is. What Will Supply Chain 2030 Look Like? In her post, Lora discusses how the supply chain she started her career […]
Lessons Learned from Supply Chain Metrics That Matter
Lora Cecere, Founder of Supply Chain Insights, is interviewed by Alison Crawford, Director of Marketing, in this episode of Straight Talk with Supply Chain Insights. In this podcast Lora discusses the beginning of her blog series “Lessons from Metrics That Matter” summarizing key insights about the metrics that indicate supply chain performance and health, how […]
2016 New Year’s Resolutions with Terri Pitcher of Berry Plastics
Lora Cecere interviews Terri Pitcher, EVP of Supply Chain, Berry Plastics Terri Pitcher, EVP of Supply Chain at Berry Plastics, talks about the reorganization of the company because of their newest acquisition and how they are looking at their current talent. The most important thing they are doing is finding and developing the right talent […]
2016 New Year’s Resolutions with Joe Krkoska of Dow AgroSciences
Lora Cecere interviews Joe Krkoska, Supply Chain Director, Dow AgroSciences Joe Krkoska discusses Mastery. “Professional athletes practice every single day, and we want this idea to be for the people in our supply chain organization. One specific area is planning because we are looking at planning globally for the first time. We are creating a […]
2016 New Year’s Resolutions with Marty Kisliuk of FMC
Lora Cecere Interviews Marty Kisliuk, Director of Agricultural Solutions, FMC on his New Year’s Resolutions Marty is discussing how they will be in a down cycle and with the current acquisition it is now about consolidating and joining the companies together. Working only on necessities and so they will concentrate on what you do well. […]
2016 New Year’s Resolutions with Amy Hartzell of Dow Chemical
Lora Cecere Interviews Amy Hartzell, Director of Supply Chain Center Excellence at Dow Chemical, on her New Year’s Resolutions Amy stated that they spent 2015 on strategic objections and alignment. They are now implementing improvements on S&OP or S&OE (for Execution) as well as how to automate their supply chain. She feels that they have a […]
Forecast and Demand Planning Benchmarking with Robert Byrne of Terra Technology
Rob Byrne, CEO and Co-Founder of Terra Technology, discusses forecasting, demand sensing, and the planning benchmarking work he’s done showing how complexity is growing with industries. He found that the bottom 50% of items were only 1% of sales. He also looked at Europe versus the United States and found 2.5 times the complexity. He […]